Bulbophyllum pteroglossum Schltr. 1919SECTION Sestochilos [Breda]Benth & Hkr.f 1883
Side View Of Flower Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Photos courtesy of David Jubineau And His Bulbophyllum & Co. Website
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Common Name The Wing-Like Lip Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .6" [1.5 mm]
Found in the eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanamar, Thailand, southern China and Vietnam in primary montane forests at elevations of 1000 to 2500 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with 1.8" [4.5 cm] between each, cylindric, erct to curved, weakly rugose, narrow, tapering towards the apex pseudobulbs enveloepd basally byfibrous sheaths and carrying a single, apical, oblong, subacute, coriaceous, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall and winter on a basal, pendant, .4" [1 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Bulbophyllum devangiriense N.P.Balakr. 1970; Bulbophyllum monanthum J.J. Sm. 1912; Bulbophyllum tiagii A.S.Chauhan 1984; Bulbophyllum uniflorum Griff. 1851; Phyllorchis monantha Kuntze 1891; Sarcopodium uniflorum (Griff.) Lindl.1853
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001 as B devangiriens; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 as B monanthum; Australian Orchid Review Vol 68 No 4 2003 photo; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as B monanthum drawing fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;
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